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12/11/14

The Dangerous You

Death is nothing, but to live defeated and
inglorious is to die daily.

Napoleon Bonaparte

I have seen men defeated, I have seen men
ashamed of themselves, and I have seen men who feel unworthy. I have also seen
a world that does everything in its power to create men like that, to break men
into submission. And I know this is true because I have been among these men.
And I know this is not how any man was meant to live.

In the depth of this hole, I have also
discovered the one of the most important lessons I have learned. You are all
alone in this world. People might offer a helping hand, and they might give you
support, but after everything is said and done, you are all alone. And that is
OK, because you are all you need. You are powerful, and you need to realize it.

And when you finally realize just how powerful
you are, you become dangerous to the world, or at least to the world that
thrives in breaking men. You realize that you can survive this cruel world, and
then world stops being cruel, it stops being a threat to you. The world breaks
everyone, but some just become stronger at the broken places.

You stop living for people’s acceptance, so you
stop dying from their rejection. You stand tall for yourself. You grow stronger
as you realize that you ARE strong. You are no longer willing to let anyone put
you down. And this gives you power, yet that’s not what makes you dangerous.

You empathize with those broken because you
have been there. You understand those that have fallen as you fell once. And
you’ll be damned if you will let it break anyone else without you taking action.
You’re strength becomes contagious, becoming inspiration to other men to find
their own strength. It’s this empathy, this need to help others and not your strength,
which makes you dangerous to a cruel world, as you make it a little less cruel.

Club Men

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